Professional Services employment contract

Professional Services Project Manager Employment Contract UK

Name: Professional Services Project Manager Employment Contract UK
Brand: HRHeaven
SKU: professional_services_project_manager_quality_v1
Price: 19.99 GBP
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Define client-project delivery around credible plans, controlled scope and complete handover.

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Last updated: 19 June 2026
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Job description

Clear role overview and key responsibilities.

Probation period

Clear probation terms for the selected arrangement.

Role-specific duties

Maintained responsibilities, records and authority boundaries for the selected role.

Working hours

Standard and flexible working arrangements.

Holiday entitlement

Holiday terms explained for the selected arrangement.

Confidentiality

Client and company confidentiality.

Disciplinary process

Clear process and employee rights.

Notice periods

Notice terms explained for both parties.

Before you create it

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When to use this contract

Produce credible client delivery plans, deliver transparent scope and risk control, and complete deliverable and commercial handovers.

Workplace context: Office, client premises, remote systems or assigned work locations.

What makes this role different

Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering clients portfolio and travel. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering scope time budget and billing. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering data confidentiality and suppliers. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering changes acceptance incentives and handover. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering company policies.

Not a fit / obtain specialist advice

Recheck the role or obtain appropriate advice if the work would exceed these maintained authority boundaries: The manager cannot expand scope, bind the client, approve professional conclusions or commit spend beyond authority. May allocate routine work and make operational decisions only within documented staffing, financial, contractual and policy limits.

What to prepare before you issue it

the engagement types
the governance and client owners
the time and budget systems
the change authority
the travel and expense rules
the acceptance and escalation routes

Day-to-day operating brief

What Project Manager work looks like in practice

A Professional Services Project Manager coordinates consulting, legal, financial or operational workstreams to deliver client outcomes under an engagement agreement. The role manages scope, billable resources, budget, dependencies, suppliers and reporting while the client retains key decisions and professional specialists own technical conclusions. Terms should define portfolio, travel, commercial authority, data, time recording, risks, changes, acceptance and incentives. Baseline plans should identify client dependencies, acceptance criteria and assumptions alongside internal effort. A green status cannot rely solely on completed activities when unresolved decisions threaten the outcome. Change records need impact on fees, resources, dates and downstream deliverables, with the correct client authority captured. Closure should reconcile access, data, third-party licences, invoices and residual risks, ensuring the team does not treat delivery of a slide deck as completion of the engagement. Minutes should distinguish decisions, proposals and actions, with objections or conditions captured before circulation. Project health must include team capacity and quality evidence, not just milestones, because rushed incomplete work can appear on time while creating a later client failure.

Responsibilities reflected in the contract

Plan milestones and resources.
Coordinate teams and clients.
Manage budget and billable effort.
Maintain risks issues and decisions.
Control changes and dependencies.
Lead acceptance and closure.

A realistic working scenario

A client requests extra workshops without changing the budget. The manager records impact and seeks variation rather than absorbing hidden scope.

Outputs to agree

credible client delivery plans
transparent scope and risk control
complete deliverable and commercial handovers

Records and evidence

Scope plan and owner.
Time budget and forecast.
Risk decision and action.
Change deliverable and acceptance.
Work records.
Handover notes.

Reporting relationship

Typically reports to Senior Manager, Director or Business Owner. Confirm the employer's actual reporting structure in the builder.

Authority and escalation

The manager cannot expand scope, bind the client, approve professional conclusions or commit spend beyond authority.
May allocate routine work and make operational decisions only within documented staffing, financial, contractual and policy limits.

Supervision

Lead acceptance and closure.
Allocate and review assigned work within delegated authority and escalate formal people matters through the Employer's procedures.

Tools and systems

HR systems.
Vehicle.
Vehicle check records.

Workplace context

Office, client premises, remote systems or assigned work locations.

Training and certification

Employer-confirmed evidence of training required for Project Manager duties where applicable to the role.

Contract priorities

clients portfolio and travel
scope time budget and billing
data confidentiality and suppliers
changes acceptance incentives and handover

Information the employer should prepare

the engagement types
the governance and client owners
the time and budget systems
the change authority
the travel and expense rules
the acceptance and escalation routes

Individually written and reviewed against the maintained role record.

Maintained role evidence

The facts this Project Manager contract is built around

These role-pack details give an employer something concrete to check before using the contract for professional services work.

Work setting

Office, client premises, remote systems or assigned work locations.

Primary duties

Plan milestones and resources.
Coordinate teams and clients.
Manage budget and billable effort.
Maintain risks issues and decisions.

Tools and training to confirm

HR systems.
Vehicle.
Vehicle check records.
Employer-confirmed evidence of training required for Project Manager duties where applicable to the role.

Governance focus

Employer procedures and role controls. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering clients portfolio and travel. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering scope time budget and billing. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering data confidentiality and suppliers.

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Project Manager clauses and builder inputs

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Role wording

Project Manager duties

Produce credible client delivery plans, deliver transparent scope and risk control, and complete deliverable and commercial handovers.

Plan milestones and resources. Coordinate teams and clients. Manage budget and billable effort. Maintain risks issues and decisions. Control changes and dependencies.

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Employer and employee details Role title and reporting line Pay, hours and working pattern Holiday, probation and notice Workplace and site rules Company branding and e-sign

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What is added to the finished contract

The manager cannot expand scope, bind the client, approve professional conclusions or commit spend beyond authority.

May allocate routine work and make operational decisions only within documented staffing, financial, contractual and policy limits.

Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering clients portfolio and travel.

Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering scope time budget and billing.

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Project Manager Contract + Employee Handbook Bundle

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